With iCloud, you can get an iCloud.com email account that’s ad-free, is up to date everywhere you check it and includes webmail at iCloud.com. Just select Mail in iCloud preferences and follow the onscreen instructions.

Open iPhoto or Aperture and click the Photo Stream icon in the left column. Then click Turn On Photo Stream.

To enable automatic downloads for your music, apps and books, open iTunes and choose Preferences. Then click Store and select Music, Apps and Books.*

*Automatic downloads and downloading previous purchases require iOS 4.3.3 or later on iPhone 3Gs or later, iPod touch (3rd generation or later), iPad or iPad mini; iOS 5 or later on iPhone 4 (CDMA model); or a Mac or PC with iTunes 10.3.1 or later. Previous purchases may not be restored if they are no longer in the iTunes Store, App Store or on iBooks. Downloading previous movie purchases requires iTunes 10.6 or later, iOS 5 or later, or Apple TV software 4.3 or later. Not all previously purchased movies are available for downloading to your other devices. Download iTunes for free.

iCloud requires iOS 5 or later on iPhone 3Gs or later, iPod touch (3rd generation or later), iPad or iPad mini; a Mac computer with OS X Lion v10.7.5 or later; or a PC with Windows 7 or Windows 8 (Outlook 2007 or later, or an up-to-date browser is required for accessing email, contacts and calendars). Some features require iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite. Some features require a Wi-Fi connection. Some features are not available in all countries. Access to some services is limited to 10 devices.